capoun

Middle English

Alternative forms

capon, capun, capen, kapon, kapoun, capwn, chapoun, chapon

Etymology

From a combination of Old Northern French capon and Old English capūn, both from Latin capo (Vulgar Latin *cappo).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkaːpuːn/, /ˈkaːpun/, /ˈkaːpən/

Noun

capoun (plural capouns)

A capon; a cooked castrated cockerel.
A eunuch; a castrated human.

Descendants

English: capon
Scots: capon (obsolete)

References

“cāpǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.

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